Lung ultrasound bests X ray for diagnosing neonatal pneumothorax: Study Medha Baranwal24 Dec 2020 3:14 PM ISTChina: Lung ultrasound (LUS) has better sensitivity and specificity than chest X-ray and also took less time to perform for the diagnosis of...
Focused ultrasound thalamotomy improves motor symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: NEJM Medha Baranwal24 Dec 2020 11:46 AM ISTDelhi: Focused ultrasound subthalamotomy in one hemisphere helped in improving motor features of Parkinson's disease in selected patients with...
Diagnostic procedure for lung cancer has 17 percent complication rate: JAMA Medha Baranwal23 Dec 2020 10:15 AM ISTUSA: CT lung cancer screening exams results in complication rate of almost 17%, reveals a recent study. The study, published in the journal JAMA...
PET imaging provides accurate staging, increases survival in lymphoma patients: ASH 2020 Medha Baranwal18 Dec 2020 2:15 PM ISTDelhi: PET imaging allows more accurate cancer staging in lymphoma patients, guide treatment and hence can positively affect patient's overall...
Novel MRI contrast agent sidesteps toxic effects of current products Hina Zahid17 Dec 2020 3:45 PM ISTBOSTON - Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) are developing an alternative MRI contrast agent based...
PET/MRI, CT can predict treatment response in pancreatic cancer: Study Medha Baranwal16 Dec 2020 6:36 PM ISTRochester, MN: Post neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) changes in metabolic metrics tracked on PET/MRI and morphologic metrics from CT were associated with...
AI can detect lung cancers unnoticed in chest radiography: Study Medha Baranwal15 Dec 2020 4:47 PM ISTSouth Korea: A deep learning–based nodule detection algorithm can detect lung cancers that were initially not reported on chest radiographs, finds a...
Intraoperative MRI successfully predicts newly diagnosed supratentorial glioblastoma: Study Dr. Nandita Mohan11 Dec 2020 9:30 PM ISTAccording to researchers from the Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, Gross-total resection...
TB can be detected on smartphone using new model: Study Medha Baranwal11 Dec 2020 11:42 AM ISTUSA: A deep learning-based tuberculosis (TB) detection model developed by researchers can detect TB on phone-captured chest X-ray photographs, reveals...
MRI screening beneficial for women with personal breast cancer history: Study Medha Baranwal10 Dec 2020 10:30 AM ISTDelhi: Routine MRI screening is beneficial for women having a personal history of breast cancer, reveals two studies presented at the virtual RSNA...
FDA's warning- Wear Face Masks with No Metal During MRI Dr. Nandita Mohan8 Dec 2020 6:00 PM ISTAfter a shocking incident during a 3-tesla MRI scan wherein a patient experienced severe face burns from the metal in a mask, the U.S. Food and Drug...
Low-dose CT for lung cancer screening offers more than benefit than harm Hina Zahid7 Dec 2020 9:00 AM ISTFor heavy (ex-)smokers, lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography (low-dose CT, LDCT) offers more benefit than harm: The procedure can...
